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Stopping Pip for ADHD or autism would not make big savings, says thinktank

The Resolution Foundation said any proposals to make certain mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions ineligible for personal independence payments (Pip) would be "crude changes" aimed at hitting unrealistic…

UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of work

The move comes before the publication of a report on Neets by the former health secretary Alan Milburn, who has warned that the number of young people not in work or education in the UK could rise to 1.25 million over…

Macron and Merz hold keys to an EU budget deal — but may be too weak to use them

While it isn't just up to Macron and Merz, getting the chiefs of the bloc's two most powerful countries to overcome their differences would be a massive step in making all the pieces of the jigsaw slot into place. But…

Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist and misogynist comments

Three councillors have already stood down from the party, which said it was conducting an investigation over the first revelations from an ITV undercover investigation that aired on Wednesday. Reform leader Nigel Farage…

We are behind you and that will not change, PM tells Zelensky

Zelensky was in London as part of efforts to reinforce backing from allies after Donald Trump called for him to go and lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. The prime minister said Ukraine was willing to discuss an energy…

Le Pen vows to downsize EU as she brings contribution cut fight to Brussels

“I’m not fooled by what the European Commission wants to do. The European Commission wants to turn itself into a state; we do not. And so we will stand in its way,” Le Pen said. Though Le Pen has abandoned her calls for…

Albania’s capital burns as protests escalate

They ripped up metal railings from the side of the road and used them to batter the iron gates of the building. After several hours, police with batons, tear gas guns, water cannons, and riot gear moved in , forcibly…

The Guardian view on Trump’s deal with Putin: grim and grubby, but not gamechanging | Editorial

After a period when it seemed that Kyiv's European allies had steered the US president away from pro‑Kremlin partisanship, he has reverted to the grotesque view that Ukrainian capitulation is a necessary precondition for…

Burnham tells Zelenskyy’s UK’s support for Ukraine ‘will not change’ – as it happened

Burnham said: Mr President, it's a great privilege for me to welcome you to Downing Street today. And you've just seen the reaction [a reference to the crowd cheering as he arrived]. Obviously, you've seen the solidarity…

UK’s ‘incoherent’ approach to China plagued by lack of expertise, report says

An audit by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), an international grouping of China-sceptic legislators, says past engagement with Beijing has often exposed the UK to the risks of interference without…